The foundation concentrates its giving on advancing education and research data infrastructure, funding projects that build and sustain public data portals and analytic tools. It also supports philanthropy/enabling mechanisms such as matching gift programs, suggesting an interest in leveraging broader giving. Grants are few but sizable and targeted, often paid in installments to institutional grantees like universities and policy research organizations.
Cloudera Foundation Inc C/o Patrick J Mcgovern Foundation centers its giving on education and research data infrastructure, with large grants aimed at building and sustaining public portals and analytic tools. In 2023, its biggest award went to the College of William and Mary for the AidData GeoQuery Project, followed by support for The Urban Institute’s Education Data Portal Project. Those grants point to a funder that backs the systems behind policy research rather than one-off program activities. The foundation also funds matching gift programs, indicating an interest in leveraging broader participation in philanthropy. Its recent grants show a consistent preference for institutional grantees with technical or research capacity, including universities, policy institutes, and civil society organizations. Several awards are structured as general operating support or installment payments, which suggests multi-stage support for projects that require ongoing maintenance or implementation. Alongside education data work, the foundation has backed initiatives tied to geospatial analysis, digital health, environmental justice mapping, and women’s economic empowerment. The overall picture is a grantmaker that supports data tools, field-building infrastructure, and selected public-interest programs through targeted institutional grants.
In education data infrastructure, the foundation gave $300,000 to The Urban Institute for the Urban Institutes Education Data Portal Project, and $324,000 to the College of William and Mary for the AidData GeoQuery Project. Both grants support public-facing data systems used for research and analysis. The foundation also funds data-driven work on housing and the environment. It awarded $77,500 to University of California Berkeley for the Urban Displacement Projects Data4Change Accelerator Project, focused on analyzing eviction causes, outcomes, and racial disparities using natural language processing, and another $77,500 to Earth Island Institute Inc for general operating support for Mapping for Environmental Justice. Beyond data platforms, it supports civil society and public health programming. Grants include $25,000 to Global Digital Health for field building and leadership in digital health, and $25,000 to International Civil Society Centre for civil society innovation and inclusive digital transformation programming.
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Most grants fall between $2K and $78K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$78K
About 7% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Top 4 recipient countries by grant volume for Cloudera Foundation Inc C/O Patrick J Mcgovern Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 13 | $1.1M | 76.5% |
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Concentrated, small portfolio of large institutional grants; multi‑installment payments to a few repeat or high‑impact grantees rather than many small awards.
Notable grantees: College of William and Mary, The Urban Institute, American Online Giving Foundation (Matching Gift Program)
Typical grant size is $1,500 at the 25th percentile, $25,000 at the median, and $77,500 at the 75th percentile, showing a mix of small general-support awards and larger project grants. The 2023 record includes both one-time gifts and installment-based support, such as final or second payments on larger commitments. Recipients are mainly institutional organizations rather than individuals, and the foundation does not make program-related investments. The presence of matching gift programs alongside direct grants suggests a structure that combines philanthropic leverage with targeted institutional funding.
Grantmaking is national, with the most frequent recipient location in California. In the 2023 list, California recipients include Berkeley, Palo Alto, and Oakland, while Washington, DC appears more than once and New York, Chicago, Boston, and Williamsburg also receive support. International grants go to Lausanne in Switzerland, Cirencester in the United Kingdom, and Bochum in Germany. Massachusetts accounts for 8% of grants to recipients, which is a smaller share than California.
Its recent grants go primarily to universities, policy research organizations, and civil society groups. Examples in the 2023 list include the College of William and Mary, The Urban Institute, University of California Berkeley, Earth Island Institute Inc, and International Civil Society Centre.
The grants point to education data infrastructure, public policy research tools, geospatial and housing analysis, digital health, environmental justice mapping, women’s economic empowerment, and child nutrition or mortality reduction. The strongest pattern is support for public data portals and analytic systems.
The typical grant size is $1,500 at the 25th percentile, $25,000 at the median, and $77,500 at the 75th percentile. That spread reflects a mix of small general-support awards and larger project-based grants.
Yes. The 2023 grants include $218,188 to American Online Giving Foundation Inc for a matching gift program and $51,775 to The UK Online Giving Foundation for a matching gift program.
California is the top state by grant count among recipients. The recent grants list includes multiple California recipients in Berkeley, Palo Alto, and Oakland, even though the foundation’s headquarters are in Boston, Massachusetts.
2023
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2023.
| United Kingdom |
| 2 |
| $64K |
11.8% |
| 3 | Switzerland | 1 | $114K | 5.9% |
| 4 | Germany | 1 | $25K | 5.9% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY | WILLIAMSBURG, VA | $324,000 | 2023 | AIDDATA GEOQUERY PROJECT- FINAL PAYMENT |
| THE URBAN INSTITUTE | WASHINGTON, DC | $300,000 | 2023 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE URBAN INSTITUTES EDUCATION DATA PORTAL PROJECT-SECOND INSTALLMENT |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | CLEARWATER, FL | $218,188 | 2023 | MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM |
| TERRE DES HOMMES | LAUSANNE | $113,732 | 2023 | FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR AN IMPROVED USE OF DATE FOR CLINIC CONSULTATIONS, NURSES TRAINING AND DISEASE SURVEILLANCE TO REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY FROM PREVENTABLE DISEASES. |
| EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC | BERKELEY, CA | $77,500 | 2023 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR MAPPING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY | BERKELEY, CA | $77,500 | 2023 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE URBAN DISPLACEMENT PROJECTS DATA4CHANGE ACCELERATOR PROJECT: ANALYZING EVICTION CAUSES, OUTCOMES, AND RACIAL DISPARITIES USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING |
| THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION | CIRENCESTER, GL | $51,775 | 2023 | MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM |
| WOMEN'S WORLD BANKING INC | NEW YORK, NY | $37,500 | 2023 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR WOMENS WORLD BANKING. |
| INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY CENTRE | BOCHUM | $25,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT CIVIL SOCIETY INNOVATION AND INCLUSIVE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMMING AT INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY CENTRE. |
| GLOBAL DIGITAL HEALTH | WASHINGTON, DC | $25,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT FIELD BUILDING AND PROVIDE LEADERSHIP IN DIGITAL HEALTH FOR GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH THE GLOBAL DIGITAL HEALTH FORUM |
| POWER OF NUTRITION | LONDON | $12,500 | 2023 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE COST OF STUNTING PROJECT. |
| INVISABLE INSTITUTE | CHICAGO, IL | $12,500 | 2023 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR INVISIBLE INSTITUTE |
| CAREER VILLAGE INC | PALO ALTO, CA | $1,500 | 2023 | FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF CAREERVILLAGE INC. |
| PHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION | OAKLAND, CA | $1,500 | 2023 | FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF GIVE BLCK |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL | AMERICUS, GA | $1,500 | 2023 | FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL |
| WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL | WASHINGTON, DC | $1,500 | 2023 | FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL |
| MUSEUM OF SCIENCE | BOSTON, MA | $1,500 | 2023 | FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE |
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY
$324,000AIDDATA GEOQUERY PROJECT- FINAL PAYMENT
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE URBAN INSTITUTES EDUCATION DATA PORTAL PROJECT-SECOND INSTALLMENT
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC
$218,188MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM
TERRE DES HOMMES
$113,732FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR AN IMPROVED USE OF DATE FOR CLINIC CONSULTATIONS, NURSES TRAINING AND DISEASE SURVEILLANCE TO REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY FROM PREVENTABLE DISEASES.
TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR MAPPING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
$77,500TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE URBAN DISPLACEMENT PROJECTS DATA4CHANGE ACCELERATOR PROJECT: ANALYZING EVICTION CAUSES, OUTCOMES, AND RACIAL DISPARITIES USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION
$51,775MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM
WOMEN'S WORLD BANKING INC
$37,500TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR WOMENS WORLD BANKING.
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY CENTRE
$25,000TO SUPPORT CIVIL SOCIETY INNOVATION AND INCLUSIVE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMMING AT INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY CENTRE.
GLOBAL DIGITAL HEALTH
$25,000TO SUPPORT FIELD BUILDING AND PROVIDE LEADERSHIP IN DIGITAL HEALTH FOR GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH THE GLOBAL DIGITAL HEALTH FORUM
POWER OF NUTRITION
$12,500TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE COST OF STUNTING PROJECT.
TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR INVISIBLE INSTITUTE
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL
$1,500FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL